Tsunami Education Project
The main idea and focus of the TEP was to educate teachers of Junior, O-Level and A-Level schools of the coastal areas in Sri Lanka about the reasons of earthquakes and tsunamis.
We prepared teachers to be able to run lessons for pupils in the future. Therefore the TEP Team was running geography workshops. Here is an insight in the workshops held by the TEP. The photos are arranged according to the course of each workshop.
Start of workshop
Thorsten and 1st map (in the background) showing the cross-section of the earth to describe what is happening inside our planet
2nd map is used to explain that the surface of the earth has been changing since millions of years
Sandra is pointing to the African Plate on the 3rd map which describes plate tectonics of the earth
For better understanding of plate tectonics the TEP designed and created a special puzzle map which consists of seven parts representing the six main plates of our planet
Thorsten demonstrating different types of Earth Plate movement (in the left hand) caused also by magma (in the right hand imitated by plastic clay)
Teachers from the Thirukkovil Division (Ampara District) learning about plate tectonics
Janis and the 4th map explaining the earthquake which happened in front of Indonesia on December 26th, 2004
Chocolate cakes are used during the workshops for better understanding of different layers of the earth
Two stones help to imitate different kinds of plate movement and following earthquakes
A bowl filled with water and sand in the bottom to show the difference between waves which are caused by wind and earthquake
Demonstrating waves in the water bowl for "HELP" staff in Thirukkovil
Sandra describing a tsunami on the 5th map
After each workshop the participants have to fill out a questionnaire with questions about the topics of the workshop. This lets TEP to evaluate the knowledge of the audience
TEP educational materials and geography world globes before a distribution to principals and geography teachers of schools
Handing over TEP geography education materials to the teachers
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